Filed under: Dogfish Head, Great Divide, Nogne O, North Coast, Oskar Blues, Rogue, Smuttynose, Southern Tier, Stone, Victory
Filed under: brown ale [bruin] (mug), Nogne O | Tags: average, brilliant, chocolate, clear, cocoa, faint, good head, hops, no lace, simple
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RateBeer rating: 81
Calories: estimated at 300 C
Volume: 16.9 fl oz.
Glass: dimpled mug
Purchased at: Canals in Burlington (thanks, Mike!)
Price: $5.41
Consumed at: home
First Impression: Typical brown ale, which is surprising, considering Nogne 0 and Canal’s in Burlington. Aroma is faint and a bit chocolate. Visuals are clear carbonated and brown with a very persistent head but no lace. Taste is simple, average brown ale – good hop depth, simple taste signatures. Palate is a medium finish and a hoppy bite. Second Impression – about average for a brown ale, and surprisingly, better examples exist outside of Nogne 0’s offering here.
Aroma: 7 out of 10
Visuals: 4 out of 5
Taste: 7 out of 10
Palate: 3 out of 5
Overall: 15 out of 20
Filed under: Imperial/Double IPA (snifter, tulip), Nogne O | Tags: active, amazing, angry, bitter, dark, grapefruit, hoppy, nearly opaque, pine, poem, quiet, red, resin, roasted, salty, sour, sweet, tan, toasted, umami, wheat
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Purchased at: Canal’s Discount Liquors, Burlington, NJ (Thanks, Mike)
Price: $7.59
Size: 16.9 fl oz
ABV: 10%
IBU: 80
Estimated Calories:270 C
RateBeer Rating: 100
Aural: quick, painless opening, active, static carbonation, pour is smooth and quiet.
Aroma 10 out of 10
Intensity: strong
Balance: sweet and sharp
Impression: nice
Malt Flavor: grain sweet toast nut caramel
Hops Flavor: pine earth floral herbal resin citrus
Other: pine, grapefruit, wheat
Notes: Aroma is delicious and enticing.
Appearance out of 5
Color: brown
Clarity: quite dark, nearly opaque.
Head Retention: persistent
Notes: A beautiful angry red brown body topped by a great deep tan head.
Flavor 10 out of 10
Intensity: strong
Balance: sweet and quite bitter
Impression: amazing
Malt Flavor: grain bread sweet toast nut caramel toffee roast
Hops Flavor: earth herbal resin citrus
Other: pine, grapefruit,
Notes: The flavor is absolutely amazing.
Palate 5 out of 5
Mouthfeel
Sensation: creamy drying warming
Body: full
Carbonation: medium
Finish
Length: long
Intensity: strong
Balance: bitter
Notes: whole mouth is affected – sweet, salty, a bit sour, very bitter, and amazingly, in this case, umami.
General Impression: 20 out of 20
Craftmanship: boring ↔ excellent
Freshness: stale ↔ fresh
Personal Taste: disliked ↔ loved
Notes: The scent was of an active factory making furniture, sawdust and sweat, and smoke. The visuals were of a deep midnight under a new moon. The taste was of oak and walnut planks being sawn and tasted in the smoky air of an overheated blade. The palate is of a visitor who won’t leave, whether you wish her there or not, but luckily, you enjoy her company. It was quiet in opening and pouring like an evening springtime rain.
Filed under: Imperial Stout (snifter), Nogne O | Tags: bitter, caramel, chocolate, Cinnamon, coffee, complex, dark, delicious, espresso, favorite, grapefruit, hoppy, intricate, inviting, nice, resin, tan, Toffee, unmatched
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Purchased at: Canal Liquors, Lawrenceville, NJ
Price: $7.69
Size: 16 fl oz
ABV: 9%
IBU: 75
Estimated Calories: 300C
RateBeer Rating: 99
Aroma 10 out of 10
Intensity: Strong
Balance: Sweet
Impression: Nice
Malt Flavor: Caramel Toffee Chocolate Coffee
Hops Flavor:Cinnamon resin grapefruit
Other: alcohol
Notes: Aroma is delicious and inviting.
Appearance 5 out of 5
Color: Black
Clarity: Opaque
Head Retention: Good
Notes: inpenetrable darkness with a nice tan head. Lacing is intricate.
Flavor 10 out of 10
Intensity: Strong
Balance: Bitter
Impression: Nice
Malt Flavor: Roasted Caramel Toffee Chocolate Coffee
Hops Flavor: Spice Resin Citrus
Other: Chalk, dirt
Notes:An amazing complexity – good dark chocolate and espresso overtones. Depth and character unmatched by many other chocolate stouts.
Palate 5 out of 5
Mouthfeel
Sensation: Creamy Slick Warming
Body: Full
Carbonation: Lively
Finish
Length: Long
Intensity: Strong
Balance: Bitter
Notes: electrifying, all over mouth, dark, hoppy, sharp, dry
General Impression: 20 out of 20
Craftmanship: Excellent
Freshness: Fresh
Personal Taste: Loved
Notes: Easily the best darkest stout I’ve ever enjoyed. Well done, Nogne O.
